Lime-distributer



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J. HOTHAM.

LIME DISTRIBUTER. N0. 365,5 9. Patented June 28, 1887.

1 W WITNESSES: INVENTOR i ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. PhnIu-Lilhographnn Wasllingkm. D. C.

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J HOTHAM. LIME DISTRIBUTER.

' N0. 365,519. Patented June 28, 1887.

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IN VENTOR V ATTORNEYS.

N, PETERS. Phulwulhnmer. wumngmn, D. a

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN HOTHAM, of Hillside, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Lime-Distributer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. y invention relates to a machine for distributing lime or other fertilizer broadcast over plowed ground, and has for its object to rovide a durable, ageable machine of this character. 7 ::,,The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations of parts of the lime-distributer, all as hereinafter described and claimed. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the. figures. V,

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved lime distributer. 2 iscan under side or bottom plan view of machine,- partly broken away and in section; and Fig. 4 is a central transverse sectional elevation of the machine.

The body or bed A' of the lime distributer or spreader is'supported on asuitable wheeled the boxes p p of the main driving-shaft l? are truck, and is made with oppositely-inclined bolted. The reach Lis braced to the forward side-boards B'B,forming a hopper,down which the load of lime or fertilizer will pass by gravity to two troughs, C 0, having rounded botconveyer-screws D D rotate to carry the lime or fertilizer toward and into a central dis-' E, the bottom of which is open. It, on which the lime falls from the box E,and A sliding valve or gate, F, fitted in suitable des at the bottom of theboxE, is connected y a rod or forward extension, f, having a slot, f, through which passes a wrlst-pin, g, on a crank, Gr, which is fixed to a vertically-ranging shaft, H, jcurnaled at the front of the box 'A, and having a crank arm or lever, h, by

which the attendant or driver may turn the by shaft for opening the gate F more or less, to control the rapidity of discharge of the lime or fertilizer from the box onto the distributing charge-box,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOTHAM, or HILLSID LIME -DlST RIBUTER.

E, PENNSYLVANIA.

srncrr-rcx-rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,519, dated June 2a. 1887. Application filcd March 28, 1887. Serial No. 232,775. (No model.)

are j effective, and easily-mantime Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the ends 0 0 have part bent and in which the right and left hand i J is from

are journaled at their outer ends in suitable bearings in the front and rear side walls of the box A, and the inner ends of the shafts ournaled in suitable bearings held by a strap, d, to a pendent post or bar, d which is fixed at its upper which is bolted or otherwise secured to the sides of the bar A.

the conveyers to be readily removed at any end to a crossbar, (1

This construction allows without taking the box A apart.

The two lime or fertilizer distributing wheels v I J are fixed to shafts i 9', respectively, which are journaled in suitable boxes in a frame, K, supported beneath the reach or tongue L of the machine-truck, one wheel being journaled at each side of the machine and both wheels being inclined from the horizontal, so as to be lowest at their inner adjacent parts and highest at their outer parts, as seen best in Fig. 4 of the drawings. its central part from the reach L by front and rear brackets, is k, respectively, and at its opthe machine with the forward truck-wheels posite ends the frame is n supported by heavy metal bars M M, which are bolted at their rear The frame K is supported at or parts to the hind axle, N, of the truck.

The reach L is braced by iron stays or plates to the hind axle, and the brace-bars M O- rearward extensions, on 0, between which and opposite sides of the body A by a bar, Z, thereby staying the reach laterally infront of the distributing-wheels.

the reach between the lime or fertilizer delivery box E and the distributing-wheels I fixed a double-inclined chute or apron,

which the lime is directed in two evenlydivided portions upon the faces of the opposite wheels blades i 3', respectively, which catch the lime or fertilizer and scatter it broadcast to opposite sides of the machine over the ground, as .the wheels are rotated in opposite directions gearing next described. A' shaft, S, jour- I J, which have curved radial naled in the wheel-frameK, carries two bevelpinions or gearwheels, s s, which mesh with like bevel-wheelsd j'fifixed to the shafts of the devices,presently explained. The shafts d d wheels I J, respectively, and the shaft Salso of the front and rear screw conveyers D D carri es achain-wheel 8' around or over which I 7 7 a chain, 1, passes to a drive-wheel, T, which is fixed to the main driving-shaft I. On the opposite ends of the shaft P are fitted loosely chain-wheels U U, having half-clutches an at their inner faces, and to the shaft are splincd clutch-wheels V V, having half-clutches n 22, adapted to engage the clutches u u of wheels U U.

To opposite sides of the box A a couple of shipper-bars, V \V, are held loosely at their bars have forks to, engaging annular grooves of the clutch-wheels V. A lever, X, fixed at its center to the back end of a shaft, Y, journaled in eyes-or bearings 3/ 3 on the box A, is connected at one end by a short link, 00, with one of the shipper-bars V, and is connected at its other end by a rod, :10, running across the box A to the other or opposite bar \V, and whereby, as the shaft Y is turned in one direction by its handle 1 within reach of the driver or attendant, both the clutch-wheels V V will be moved out ward on the shaft P and into engagement with the clutches u a on and will cause rotation, T t .9 of the shaft S, and thereby rapidly rotate the distrihating-wheels I J, from which the lime or fertilizer will be spread over the ground in any desired quantity, according] y as the gate or valve F of the box is opened more or less to regulate the supply to the wheels. When the shaft Y is turned the other way by shifting its handle 3 the clutchwheels V V will be disconnected from the chain-elutch wheels U U, and the shaft 1? and wheels I J then will remain at rest, as is necessary or desirable in traveling over roads to and from the field.

For operating the right and left hand con veyer-screws D D, I employ a shaft, 2, which is ournaled in suitable bearings, 3, fixed to I of the box A, and the chain, 5, passes to a ehain-wheel, 6, fixed to the main driving-shaft I, and the inner end of the shaft 2 carries a bevel gear-wheel, 7, which meshes with a bevel gear-wheel, 8, fast to the shaft d of the rear eonveyer D. Vith this P is rotated, and will remain at rest when said shaft is at rest. The conveyer may be made to run fasteror slower by changing the ehain-wheels 4 on the shaft 2 and readjusting the chain 5, which may be very quickly done.

It will be noticed that the two lime or fer- I tilizer distributing wheels I J are not geared together by intermeshing peripheral teeth on them, but are rotated independently of each other; hence the wheels will not become clogged or choked up by the lime or fertilizer filling their gearing. Furthermore, as the lime falls from the box A or hopper onto the apex of the apron B it will be delivered in wheels, the ground at each side of the machine.

The machine will evenly and widely distribute either fine or lumpy lime or other fertilizer, and will hold a large load of it, which may be increased by fitting an upper box on the box A when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a lime-distn'ibuter,of a box or hopper and two independcntly-geared distributing-wheels journaled below the ho per and receiving the lime or fertilizer therefrom, and said wheels set higher at their outer than at their inner parts, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a lime-distributor, of a box or hopper, two independently-geared distributingwheels journaled below the hopper and set higher at their outer than at their and a double-inclined apron loing-wheels, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a limedistributer, of a box or hopper, A B, having a dischargeopening, E, a gate or valve, F, controlling said opening, right and left hand conveyers D D, carrying the lime or fertilizer to said opening, two independently-geared distributingwheels, I J, journaled below the a double-inelined apron, R, arranged between the hopper and distributing-wheels, snbstantially as described, for the purposes set forth. 4. The combination, in a limedistributer, and with a box or hopper, A B, distributingwheels I J, and gearing 2' S s s s P T t, arranged to rotate the wheels I J, substantially as specified, of chain-wheels U, loose on driving-shaft, P, operated from the truck- 5, connecting and a driving-chain,

wheels 4 and 6, substantially as shown and de; 0, connecting the frame with the hind truckseribed. axle, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a lime-distributer the frame K, in

which the distributing-wheels 1 J are jonr- JOHN HOTHAM' 5 naled, supported from the truck reach-bar L Witnesses:

by brackets is k, a brace,'l, fixed to the bar L ELI CHAMBERS,

and the box 01' hopper and bars M, and braces D. L. ORANFORD. 

